A collection of recent photo expeditions and life experiences.

HI! I am Arden Prucha Jenkins - a photographer located in Fort Worth, Texas! I specialize in portraiture and more recently weddings! Please take a look around and get to know my work, my style, my life, and me.

How did I get into photography? Well, everyone has their story right? Looking back I realize that the little photog was in me all along, without even knowing it! I picked up a camera when I was around 8 and started snapping photos - I even posed my neighbors, animals, and Barbies for photos (seriously I made a Barbie wedding and photographed the entire thing).

Who am I? Well, I was a teacher for three years, but was able to leave that job to focus on photography and my two beautiful children! I married a man who I am totally smitten over and he is crazy supportive of me. I am a bargain shopper with expensive taste. God allows me to trust this world with less fear and more hope and trust. Music makes my heart flutter - so thankfully I married a very talented musician. I wish I could carry a tune, but unfortunately I cannot. My favorite month is October (dreamy light) and I miss my convertible - oh the beautiful wind . When I was little I was amazingly or perhaps annoyingly hyper - and ate more food than all of the boys and was faster than most of them too. I was a dancer and I love to write and converse. When I am around people I get more energy and become alive. The differences between women and men intrigue me and kiddos make my heart melt. Photos... well, they fill my heart.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoy what you see.

If you have any questions or feedback please share with me: arden@ardenprucha.com

10.15.10

Ryan Peek

Tags: Boy Senior Photos, Fort Worth Senior Photographer, Senior Session Photography, Urban Senior Portraits

Posted in Senioritis!

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robert pulido jr – send me the pics of ryan ! please ! the one in the grass is my favorite !October 26, 2010 – 5:02 pm

Nikki – LOVE the one of him in the grass! 🙂October 15, 2010 – 6:49 pm

10.15.10

Fix It Friday #74

Tags: Fine Art Editing, How to Edit

Just another edition of I Heart Faces FIX IT FRIDAY tutorial.

Original image (not my photo):

My Edit 1:

My Edit 2:

Open in Adobe Camera Raw:

Make subtle exposure and contrast adjustments:

Open in PS and boos levels:

(I also cloned out some smudges on her face)

A slight sharpen (smart sharpen just barely since the image is so small):

New dark blue fill layer, set on exclusion:

Bring down the opacity quite a bit for a sight color change:

Duplicate the image layer: Ctrl+J

Set on soft light for a bit of a contrast/color boost:

Flatten image:

Then I run my finishing action:

Now I go back to the basic edit and desaturate for another look:

Duplicate layer again Ctrl+J and set on a soft light layer and a higher opacity:New color fill layer in brown:

I chose ‘color’ mode, but after looking through all of the options I liked it best:

Voila, Before… after… and after!

Check out the other edit/tutorials here!

Posted in How To, I♡Faces

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Laurie – Love your edits and thank you for showing how you did them!October 15, 2010 – 1:54 pm

Caroline (Frogmum) – Lovely edits 😀October 15, 2010 – 9:21 am

10.14.10

Fine Art Editing

Tags: Basic Editing, Fine Art Editing, How do photographers edit photos, How to fine art edit, The difference between editing and fine art editing, What is a fine art edit?

Good day my friends! I was talking with some other photogs on a forum about the difference between a basic edit and fine art editing.

Basic edits adjust the color, contrast, saturation, exposure, and should give the photo a nice crisp and subtle pop.

Fine art edits involve a lot more time and enhance the basic edits. This is when you add different hues – like a vintage look or a

nice colorful pop, you can fix wrinkles, bags, skin blemishes, or adjust their body using the liquify tool.

I also like to do a skin smoothing and sharpening in my fine art edits. These aren’t possible to do on all photos,

unless you want to be at the computer for even more of your life. 🙂

Here is what my edit styles typically look like:

….and another. Notice the red blotch on his cheek? On the fine art edit, voila – it is gone!

Most ‘non – photogs’ don’t know about the whole editing process. It takes a WHILE, which is whoopin this tooshie right now.

Whoop away, I am a super workhorse this time of year. 🙂

When I do fine art editing I take my time, play around with different actions until I get the intended ‘look’ I want to achieve, and make sure it’s nice and pretty and typically like the photos from that session to be uniform.

Using the same BW or color enhancements so that it’s a nice collection of images.

Posted in How To

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Katrina – I love to (attempt to) edit but just don’t take the time to do it and learn it! I get frustrated when I cant do something! Thanks…You inspire me to keep trying!!!October 14, 2010 – 5:21 pm

Michelle – Thanks again Arden! It does make a great blog topic and is a great help.October 14, 2010 – 10:16 am

Lynn – I love your new banner pics! So colorful and totally shows your style!October 14, 2010 – 9:03 am